RailTrain Hobbies

Next up for this week's release activities - decals for three paint schemes on the SP ACF H-100-2 hopper cars! SP rostered 194 of these cars, originally delivered for sulfur service but later used in sand service on the west coast in California.

These cars are available now from 3D Central in two configurations:

As-Delivered:
https://3dcentraltrains.com/collections/hoppers/products/32083-acf-sp-h-100-2-hopper-car

Modified Top Chord:
https://3dcentraltrains.com/collections/hoppers/products/32084-acf-sp-h-100-2-hopper-car-modified-top-cord

Each decal set completes one full car in either the red lettering, yellow lettering, or boxcar red scheme. The sets include preconfigured number blocks where appropriate, data options, and COTS and ACI labels.

Learn more about these cars and order your decal sets here: https://railtrainhobbies.com/collections/hoppers

We'll have one more new release this week, one for our east coast friends. Stay tuned for more!

Everyone loves easy projects. This latest decal set from RailTrain Hobbies lets you model one of Espee's boxcars without having to paint and letter an entire car.

Rapido Trains Inc. released a nice model of the B-100-40 boxcar a few years ago. Accurately painted and lettered, it is a nice model right out of the box, one you can still find on hobby shop shelves and at your favorite online hobby reseller.

This decal set allows you to modify the factory paint and lettering of the Rapido model to match the second class of these cars Espee rostered, the B-100-43 class of 100 cars, built new by PCF in March of 1978. These cars featured different loader equipment (DF Loaders on these ones) and some cars even had Keystone underframes in place of the typical Hydracushion units, in which case PCF omitted the bold HYDRA-CUSHION lettering when painting the cars at the factory.

By removing select lettering from the factory car and replacing data with the lettering on this set, you can build a model of the B-100-43 cars without a full repaint. This is easy to do using the Micro-sol and paper towel method described on the RailTrain Hobbies website.

See more here:
https://railtrainhobbies.com/products/decals-southern-pacific-b-100-43-boxcar-conversion-set

So hey, Espee fans, go grab one of those Rapido B-100-40 cars and get busy! And while you're working on this project, stay tuned for more decal releases before this week is over!

Calling all Espee fans - sharing this exciting new release from Lines West and Dan Whitton. SP's F-70-26 bulkhead flats. Check out that decking texture! RailTrain Hobbies decals provided in the kit. We'll be offering a "master" SP flat car set here in the near future, as well, as additional flat car models hit the market.

Come see us at the St Louis RPM meet in Collinsville, IL! We have some new decal sets and an inventory of the Lines West SP “Popsicle” B-100-39 boxcar kits!

More Espee freight cars coming soon from 3D Central! We’ll have decals for all the different flavors of the ACF hoppers!

More popsicles in different flavors! While we did the art for the new B-100-39 kit from Keystone Prototype Models now being sold through Lines West Products, we're also offering the decal sets as stand-alone items here on the RailTrain Hobbies website. Available now, you can find them here:

https://railtrainhobbies.com/collections/b-100-39-popsicle-stick-boxcars

These kits do a great job of capturing the prototype look of these unique cars, and many people have wanted models of the "popsicle stick" cars for years. Here's your chance! Check them out today. You can see more on the kits over on the Lines West Products website:

https://lineswestproducts.com/product/southern-pacific-b-100-39/

Who wants a popsicle?? Kits are available now! CAD by Keystone Prototype Models, decals by RailTrain hobbies. Separate decal sets going live later today on the RailTrain Hobbies website.

Coming soon from Rapido! These look really nice and are a much-requested car amongst the Espee crowd. Looking forward to these!

While we're talking 3D efforts at Lines West, check out this Espee 53' bulkhead flat car in work. The design work on this car is beautiful - check out those weathered decks! We'll have decals for these cars too, both an option for the kits and a master Espee 53' (and 40'!) flat car set. More on these soon!